Chuck vs. Life

AN: I own nothing. Like I said I'm making up for not updating and breaking the promise I made. Here's the second to the last one. I can't believe I'm almost done.

Chapter 12

One and a Half Years Later.

Sarah Walker was walking down the Seine River in Paris, France. The one place she never thought she would be again. For the first time in a while she finally got real vacation. No missions, no undercover job, and definitely no more Fulcrum. She smiled at that last thought.

Flashback

As they entered the building, Casey made sure that they knew where they were headed. He had blue prints of the place and since Chuck was not able to come along, it was just Carina and Casey but the bosses decided to bring Sarah in for this mission. Chuck had stayed in the car to tell them where to go.

"Ok, this says take the next right and the main door should be right there." Chuck told them. Casey was in the lead and motioned for them to stop. They had heard voices on the other side and Carina spoke to Chuck.

"Hey, Chuckles, call in for that back up. We're going to need them." she said.

"Already on their way, should be there in less than a minute." Chuck told them, knowing they would need it.

Casey looked at them and put his hand up to signal to go in.

"On three. 1...2…3" Casey yelled and busted through the door.

But before the memory finished, Sarah was snapped back into reality by her phone vibrating. She looked at the caller id and answered it with a smile on her face.

"Hey, you." she answered to the person.

"Hey, where are you?" the unknown person asked her.

"On my way to find something thing to eat. You?" she said to him.

"Forcing myself away from the tower. I know I'm supposed to stay away until we go but I couldn't help it." he told her.

"You didn't go in, did you? Cause if you did, there's going to be major repercussions waiting for back at the hotel." she said in a dangerous, yet teasing voice.

"No, I stayed away while the others went. You know that called torture right. I can't wait to see you." he said to her, looking around at the other building.

"Ha-ha, I'll show you torture when we see each other. But for now, you'll have to wait because you promised me. I'll see you later. Ok." Sarah told him.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever, lady. Alright, I'll see you. And hey," he responded before he hung up.

"Yeah?" she answered to him.

"Don't get caught up in all these French guys. I don't need anymore competition for you." he told her.

"Don't worry, they don't compare to you. Bye." she said as she hung up shaking her head. Sarah saw a deli on the corner and decided to get something to eat. Sitting down waiting for her food, she had another memory.

Flashback

"Can you believe this?" Chuck asked her.

"Believe what, Chuck?" Sarah asked him back.

"That this is our lives." he said while standing outside on the balcony looking up at the stars. Ellie, Devon, Abby, Casey, Morgan, Carina, her and Chuck decided to the mountains for some down time.

"Yeah I can believe it." she told him joining him outside.

"This is where our dad took me and Ellie, before he abandoned us. We carved our initials into the rail right here." he told her, tracing the letters. Sarah heard Chuck talk about his parents once or twice, and when he did he would get this far away look in his eye. Just like he had now.

"I'm sorry, Chuck. This place must be special to you." she said placing a hand over his.

"It's not your fault they took off. And yeah, you could say that." he said looking into her eyes then towards the mountains.

That memory brought a smile to her face because it was a very special moment. When her food arrived and guy about 6'2, light brown hair and hazel eyes started talking to her.

"What's a women like you, eating all by yourself?" he asked her.

"Well because my fiancé decided that today I could shop." she told him.

"I don't see a ring on your finger." he said.

"You caught me, I'm just trying to be polite and tell you I'm not interested." she said taking a drink.

"Not interested, well then maybe you need better taste in men. Names Lucas Ackerman. What's your name?" he asked her.

"Nice to meet you. But still not interested." she told him.

"You do realized I own an art gallery that everyone buys from, I'm world renown. Everyone wants a piece of me." he said to her.

"Well good for you, but my boyfriend wouldn't be to happy to see you hitting on me. And I'm still not interested." Sarah said now getting very agitated with this man.

"Well miss-" Lucas started but was interrupted but someone tapping his shoulder.

"I think she said she's not interested." Carina told him.

"Well, well. Another beautiful lady. Lucas Acker-"but was interrupted by Carina once again.

"Don't really care. If you don't want your girlfriend to find out what type of pig you are, I think you should go." she told him. His eyes turned wide and got up and left in a hurry.

"Thank you, and how did you know he had a girlfriend?" Sarah asked going in for a hug

"I didn't, just a wild guess. How are you?" Carina said as she smiled.

"Great. Never thought I would be back here. You?" she said sitting down.

"Better. Ever since we took down Fulcrum, everything has been boring. I'm glad they let us have an actual vacation. You ready to shop until you drop?" Carina asked her and got her answer with a mega watt smile from Sarah.

"We're meeting with the other two in about an hour." she told Sarah. As they continued talking, something in the air caught Sarah's eye and as she looked up, she noticed it was a plane. As she and Carina were walking, she thought about THE day.

Flashback

About three week after Chuck told that she could leave, everything seemed tensed. So Sarah thought it was best if she took the offer and left. Chuck was now in physical therapy and just started walking without his crutches. He had to wear a full leg brace for a while but that didn't bother him because he though it look cool.

Ellie was talking with Chuck, when they saw Sarah coming downstairs with her bags.

"What's this? Where are you going, Sarah?" Ellie asked with a concerned look.

"I thought that it was best to leave. Get going on a new assignment, stuff like that." Sarah told her. Chuck just stared at his yogurt he was eating, he wanted to say something but didn't trust his voice.

"You can't just leave Sarah." Ellie tried to reason with while throwing glares at her brother.

"The taxi is already here. I'm just going to go. I'm gong to miss this place and the people." she told her while looking at Chuck. "I'll come for the rest of my bags." she finished walking out the door towards the taxi.

Ellie couldn't believe her brother wasn't say anything to Sarah. And so she smacked him in the back of the head, hard.

"Oww." Chuck moaned, rubbing his head.

"So he can talk. What is wrong with you?" Ellie yelled at her brother.

"What are you talking about?" he said acting dumb and went back to his yogurt.

"Don't even try to do that with me, Chuck. Sarah's leaving and you're just going to sit there and let her." Ellie told him.

"Look, I told her I wasn't going to fight with her on the feeling we obliviously share. She can leave if she wants, I won't stop her. I'm tired of fighting with her." he replied to his sister.

"You ARE truly an idiot, Chuck." Ellie said to him. As Sarah grabbed her final bag, she saw Chuck at the table reading over some files for work and signing some as well.

"So I guess I'll be heading to the airport, now." Sarah said loud enough for him to hear. Ellie walked over to Sarah and gave her a hug. Chuck just nodded his head and said

"Have a safe trip." but not looking up from the file he was reading. Sarah just sighed and walked out the door. Chuck finally placed the file down and looked at the door.

"Don't go, please." he whispered, closing his eyes and putting his head in his hands. Ellie walked over to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I didn't mean it. I was just mad that she didn't see me in the hospital and…I didn't mean it, Ellie." Chuck said letting a tear escape.

"Then go get her. Here's her flight information. You're not the only one who can be sneaky." Ellie said to him. Chuck looked at the piece of paper for a minute and grabbed the information and jumped up. Morgan had left for the week for a gaming convention that Chuck couldn't attend and left the Porsche with him.

He grabbed his jacket and heard Ellie call him.

"Chuck, don't forget your badge. And I coming with." Ellie said jogging right beside him. Chuck broke probably a hell of a lot of laws getting to the airport. Ellie called Abby, who then told everyone else and they were waiting back at Chuck's, hoping he would get to her in time.

It took a lot of convincing, but they had made it through the metal detectors and were now in hunt for Sarah.

"Flight 502, to Washington now boarding at Gate 10." they heard over the speakers. Ellie spotted the gate and pointed Chuck in the right direction. Ellie stayed behind and watched her brother go after the girl.

"It's about time, Charles." Ellie whispered. Chuck tried to sprint but hurt like hell to because his ribs weren't full healed and his leg was bothering him. But all that didn't matter because Chuck was going to get the girl.

"I'm not going to lose her this time." Chuck thought to himself. Then he saw her, she was the second to last person in line. So he yelled like he never yelled before.

"SARAH, WAIT!" but it wasn't loud enough because she didn't turn around.

"SARAH" he tried again. This time the guy behind her tapped on her shoulder and Sarah took out her earpieces and heard him ask

"Is your name Sarah?" and she shook her head "I think that guy is yelling for you then." he told her, pointing in Chuck's direction. Sarah's breath got caught in her throat when she saw him running.

She dropped her bag and went towards him and said "Chuck, what are you doing? You can't be running, you're going to hurt yourself."

"I-don't-care." Chuck breathed out. "All I care about is you. Don't go." he said to looking her straight in the eyes.

"Chuck, please don't do this. It's for the best." Sarah told him pulling away from him.

"For who? You can't keep running Sarah. I won't let you run from me." Chuck said to her grabbing her arm. Sarah sighed and looked at him.

"Chuck," she said softly

"Ma'am are you going to broad?" the flight attendant asked her.

"The plane is officially being delayed." Chuck told her.

"You can't do that, sir." she told him.

"I can't but the head of the CIA can. Call and asked. It won't be long." he told her and as she checked, it was confirmed, the flight had a twenty minute delay.

"Sarah, what I said that night. I meant it, not the leaving part, but everything else. I meant it. I'm in love with you, Sarah Walker." he told her.

"Chuck, you're in love with the idea of me." Sarah said to him.

"NO, I'm not. I wouldn't be here, if I was in love with the idea of you. I'm in love with you." he replied to her. "Sarah, I'm asking you to give us a chance, I'm asking you to stay with me." he finished.

"Don't do this Chuck. You gave me the silent treatment for three weeks Chuck. And you decided to do this now." she told him shaking her head in disbelief.

"I was stupid. I know I have the worst timing and it may not mean much but you're IT for me. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but you're my great love." Chuck told her looking straight in the eyes.

She knew where that line came from; it was when they watched Win A Date With Tad Hamilton on movie night on time, Angelica explained it to Pete, helping him figure out how bad he had it for Rosalee.

Sarah didn't know what to say but then heard "Flight 502 to Washington, final boarding."

"I'm sorry Chuck." Sarah told him and turned around. Ellie saw this and thought "Come on, little brother. Get her." As Sarah picked up her bag, she felt him grab her arm and swing her around.

Chuck kissed her with all the pent up emotion he had, and he felt Sarah respond to it. Her hands made their way to his hair and then down to her shirt grabbing two hand full, making them closer than they already were. About a good five minutes later, air became necessary and the two broke apart..

Chuck touched his forehead with hers and smiled. Sarah opened her eyes and pulled away from Chuck.

"I have to go, Chuck. I'm so sorry." Sarah told him. Handing the ticket to the attendant, she entered the plane.

"Sarah" he whispered and looked at the ground with his hands on his waist.

Finding a chair, he slumped down with no emotion on his face.

Ellie saw her little brother's heart get broken and felt hers break as well. She texted Devon on what had happened and he replied going to get tons of beer, tons of food and video games. Abby had called Morgan to come back and he was on his way.

Ellie made her way over to him and sat in the chair next to him. She placed her hands over his and gave them a squeeze.

"I'm so, so sorry. I can't believe she just left." she told him.

"I can. Let's go. I don't want to be here anymore." Chuck said to her in a whisper and handed over the keys.

Sarah snapped out of the memory, seeing two familiar faces at the Grande Arche.

End Of Chapter 12

AN: Thanks to anyone who reads this story. I'm already working on the last two chapters, so they should be up pretty soon. Hope you enjoy. Please be kind and review the latest chapters. THANK YOU!